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SPECIAL MIDWEEK EDITION Dozen matter: Mavs rising

By Marc SteinESPN.com

Tuesday, February 7, 2006

DALLAS -- Five days before Christmas, Kobe Bryant had 62 points in three quarters for the Dallas Mavericks. After Tuesday's night's rematch, Bryant had only advice for the Mavs. "Screw 'em," Kobe said. "If I'm Dirk or Avery," he continued, "I don't even listen to that stuff." That stuff is the annual skepticism, derision and punking that specifically greeted these Mavs, this term, as soon as Bryant uncorked those 62 points on Dec. 20. Yet when he isn't going for 62 or 8 ...

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